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PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT

Dr. C. CHANDRAMOULIREGISTRAR GENERAL & CENSUS COMMISSIONER, INDIA

MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS26TH APRIL 2013

CENSUS OF INDIA 2011

RELEASE OF DATA

Background

• This is the first set of data released from the Population Enumeration exercise held in February 2011

• So far the data released from Census 2011 pertained to Houselisting and Housing Census covering

• All Households

• SC & ST Households

• Female Headed Households

• Slum Households

Background

• On 31st March 2011, just after 25 days of completion of the Population Enumeration phase, PROVISIONAL POPULATION TOTALS of the Country, State & other levels administration level released

• Today the FINAL POPULATION TOTALS are released along with information on few other characteristics

• This has been possible as the first stage of data capture and data processing have been completed in record time.

Background

• Stages of work involved:

• 340 million Schedules in 16 languages

• Return collection of filled-in Census Schedules

• Inventory management

• Scanning

• Data Recognition using Intelligent Character Recognition (ICR) technology

• Data Processing

• Generation of Tables

Data Release – List of Indicators

• Number of Households

• Population*

• Population (0-6)*

• Number of Literates*

• Scheduled Castes Population

• Scheduled Tribes Population

• Number of Workers (Total, Main, Marginal)

• Category of Workers (Cultivators, Agricultural Labourers, Household Industry Workers, Other Workers)

By Sex & Residence* - Provisional data released earlier

Data HighlightsCensus of India 2011

Number of Households – India 2011

• In India there are 24.95 crore (2,495 million) households as per Census 2011

• The number has increased by 5.58 crore over the last Census held in 2001

• Largest number of households are in Uttar Pradesh (3.34 crore).

• There are 10 States where more than one crore households have been returned.

Population – India 2011

• Final Total Population of the country is

1,210,569,573 (or 1.21 billion)

• Provisional Population Total:

1,210,193,422

• There is a marginal increase of 376,151 persons in the country’s population in the Final Population compared to Provisional Population.

Population – Rural - Urban India: 2011

Total Rural Urban

Final Population 2011

1210.6 833.5 377.1

Provisional Population 2011

1210.2 833.1 377.1

Difference +0.4 +0.4 0.0

(In millions)

POPULATION

(IN MILLION)

Largest and Smallest States - 2011

Top 5 States/UTs Bottom 5 States/UTs

Uttar Pradesh 199,812,341 Sikkim 610,577

Maharashtra 112,374,333 A. & N. Islands 380,581

Bihar 104,099,452 D. & N. Haveli 343,709

West Bengal 91,276,115 Daman & Diu 243,247

Andhra Pradesh 84,580,777 Lakshadweep 64,473

Districts Ranked by Population - 2011

Top 5 Districts Bottom 5 Districts

Thane (Maharashtra)

11,060,148

Nicobars (Andaman & Nicobar Islands)

36,842

North Twenty Four Parganas (West Bengal)

10,009,781

Upper Siang (Arunachal Pradesh)

35,320

Bangalore (Karnataka)

9,621,551

Lahul & Spiti (Himachal Pradesh)

31,564

Pune (Maharashtra)

9,429,408

Anjaw (Arunachal Pradesh)

21,167

Mumbai Suburban (Maharashtra)

9,356,962

Dibang Valley (Arunachal Pradesh)

8,004

Population – Rural Urban Distribution India : 2011

• 833 million persons live in Rural areas, which is more than two-third of the total population

• Rural – Urban distribution : 68.8% & 31.2%

• Level of Urbanization increased from 27.81% in 2001 Census to 31.2% in 2011.

• The proportion of Rural population declined from 72.19% to 68.8%

Urbanization – India : 2011

• Among the States/UTs in India the level of Urbanization (proportion of urban population to total population) in Census 2001 is highest in NCT Delhi (97.5%)

• Top five most urbanized States (excl UTs):

• Goa 62.17%• Mizoram 52.11%• Tamil Nadu 48.40%• Kerala 47.70%• Maharashtra 45.22%

PROPORTION OF

URBAN POPULATIO

N(IN %)

Growth in Population – India 2001, 2011

Decadal Growth in Population:

• Population of India grew by 17.7% during 2001-11

• In the previous decade the growth rate was 22.7%

• Thus, there has been a substantial decline in the growth of population of India

• Among the major States, highest decadal growth in population has been recorded in Bihar (25.4%)

• 14 States/UTs have recorded population growth above 20%.

Growth in Population – India 2001, 2011

Growth in Population:

• There has been an increase of 181.96 million persons in the absolute number of population in India during 2001-11

• Increase among males: 90.97 million

• Increase among females: 90.99 million

• Growth Rate in population among females (18.3%) is higher than among males (17.7%) during the last decade.

DECADAL GROWTH

IN POPULATIO

N(IN %)

• In 20 States/UTs growth in female population during 2001-11 exceeds growth in male population in absolute terms

• Top 5 among these States are: Andhra Pradesh (541,304), Kerala (447,091), West Bengal (413,834), Tamil Nadu (267,219), Assam (225,236)

• This could be due to better enumeration of females in Census 2011 and improvement in preventing female mortality

• On the other hand, Bihar, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra showed significant higher growth among males than females.

Growth in Population (in Absolute Number) – States 2001, 2011

Child Population (0-6 years)- India : 2001, 2011

2001 2011 Difference Variation (in %)

Persons 16,38,19,589 16,44,78,150

658,561 +0.4

Males 8,49,99,186 8,57,32,470

733,284 +0.8

Females 7,88,20,403 7,87,45,680

-74,723 -0.09

PROPORTION OF CHILDPOPULATIO

N(IN %)

Child Population - 2011

• The total number of children in India in the age-group 0-6 years, as per the final population totals of Census 2011, is 16.45 crore, about 6.6 lakh less than the number recorded in 2001

• Though there is increase in Male Child (0-6) population, population of Female Child (0-6) has actually decreased marginally between 2001 & 2011

• Twenty States and Union Territories now have over ten lakh children in the age group 0-6 years each.

• In ten States/UTs the number of children in the age-group 0-6 years are between 1 to 9 lakh.

Sex Composition – 2011, 2001 India

Total Males Females

2011 Census 1210.6 623.1 587.5

2001 Census 1028.6 532.2 496.5

Growth 2001-11 (%)

+17.7 +17.1 +18.3

(In millions)

Sex Composition of Child Population(0-6)– 2011, 2001 India

Total Males Females

2011 Census 16.45 8.57 7.87

2001 Census 16.38 8.50 7.88

Growth 2001-11 (%)

+0.40 +0.86 -0.09

(In crore)

Sex Composition of Child Population(0-6) – India 2011

• The total number of children in India in the age-group 0-6 years, as per the final population totals of Census 2011, is 16.45 crore, about 6.6 lakh less than the number recorded in 2001

• Though there is increase in Male Child (0-6) population, population of Female Child (0-6) has actually decreased marginally between 2001 & 2011

• Twenty States and Union Territories now have over ten lakh children in the age group 0-6 years each.

• In ten States/UTs the number of children in the age-group 0-6 years are between 1 to 9 lakh.

Sex Ratio of PopulationIndia : 2001, 2011

• Sex ratio is defined as the number of females per 1000 males in a population.

• It is an important indicator to measure the extent of prevailing equity between males and females at a given point of time.

Residence 2001 2011 Change

Total 933 943 +10

Rural 946 949 +3

Urban 900 929 +29

SEX RATIO

States Ranked by Sex Ratio - 2011


States/UTs Sex Ratio States/UTs Sex Ratio

Kerala 1,084 Andaman & Nicobar Is 878

Puducherry 1,038 NCT of Delhi 866

Tamil Nadu 995 Chandigarh 818

Andhra Pradesh 992 Dadra & Nagar

Haveli 775

Manipur 987 Daman & Diu 618* Sex Ratio is defined as the number of females per 1000 males

Child Sex Ratio (0-6)India : 2001, 2011

• The sex ratio in the age group 0-6 attempts to bring out the recent changes in our society in its attitude and outlook towards the girl child.

• It provides a broad indicator reflecting ground realities as they exist in the society and more importantly is an indicator of the likely future trends of sex ratio of the population.

Residence 2001 2011 Change

Total 927 919 -8

Rural 934 923 -11

Urban 906 905 -1

CHILDSEX RATIO

States Ranked by Child Sex Ratio (0-6) - 2011


States/UTs Sex Ratio(0-6 yrs) States/UTs

Sex Ratio

(0-6 yrs)Arunachal Pd 972 Chandigarh 880

Mizoram 970 NCT of Delhi 871

Meghalaya 970 Jammu & Kashmir 862

Chhattisgarh 969 Punjab 846

A. & N Islands 968 Haryana 834* Child Sex Ratio (0-6) is defined as the number of females per

1000 males in the age group 0-6 years.

Number of LiteratesIndia : 2001, 2011

• A person is considered literate if he or she can read and write, with understanding, in any language.

• Literacy rate: The total percentage of the population of an area at a particular time aged seven years or above who can read and write with understanding. Here the denominator is the population aged seven years or more.

Sex 2001 2011 Change

Persons 56.07 76.35 +20.28

Males 33.65 43.47 +9.82

Females 22.42 32.88 +10.46

(in crore)

Literacy Rate – India 2001, 2011

2001 2011Difference

(2011 – 2001)

Persons 64.8 73.0 +8.2

Males 75.3 80.9 +5.6

Females 53.7 64.7 +10.9

(in %)

Literacy Rate – Rural Urban DifferentialIndia - 2001, 2011

Residence


Rural Persons 58.7 67.8 + 9.1

Males 70.7 77.2 + 6.5

Females 46.1 57.9 + 11.8

Gender Gap

24.6 19.3

Urban Persons 79.9 84.1 + 4.2

Males 86.3 88.2 + 1.9

Females 72.9 79.1 + 6.2

Gender Gap

13.4 9.1

Literacy Rate by Sex- 2011

• The Literacy Rate of the population of the country has increased by 8.2 percentage points from 64.8% to 73.0% over 2001-11

• The largest increase in Literacy Rate has been recorded in

• Dadra & Nagar Haveli by 18.6 points (from 57.6% to 76.2%)

• Bihar by 14.8 points (from 47.0% to 61.8%)

• Tripura by 14.0 points (from 73.2% to 87.2%)

• Highest increase in Female Literacy Rate has been reported from Dadra & Nagar Haveli (by 14.0 points)

• Nagaland and Bihar also recorded high increase in Female Literacy Rate in Census 2011 compared to 2001.

States Ranked by Literacy Rate- 2011


States/UTs Literacy Rate States/UTs Literacy

Rate

Kerala 94.0 Andhra Pradesh 67.0

Lakshadweep 91.8 Jharkhand 66.4

Mizoram 91.3 Rajasthan 66.1

Tripura 88.7 Arunachal Pradesh 65.4

Goa 87.2 Bihar 61.8

(In %)

Scheduled Castes (SC) & Scheduled Tribes (ST)

SCs/STs in India

• Scheduled Castes are notified in 32 States/UTs of India and Scheduled Tribes in 30 States

• There are altogether 99999 individual ethnic groups or parts thereof notified as Scheduled Castes in different States/UTs

• Number of individual ethnic groups or parts thereof notified as Scheduled Tribes is 99999

• There has been some changes in the List of SCs/STs in States/ Uts.

Population of SCs - India - 2011

2001 2011 Variation (%)

Persons 166,635,694

201,378,086 +20.8

Males86,088,75

7103,535,1

65 +20.3

Females80,547,93

097,842,92

1 +21.5

Population of STs - India - 2011

Sex 2001 2011 Variation (%)

Persons 8,43,26,978

10,42,81,034 +23.7

Males4,26,41,21

75,24,09,82

3 +22.9

Females4,16,85,76

15,18,71,21

1 +24.4

Proportion of SC/ST Population - India - 2011

Total Population

Proportion of SCs

Proportion of STs

Total 1,210,569,573 16.6 8.6

Rural 833,463,448 18.5 11.3

Urban 377,106,125 12.6 2.8

(In %)

Distribution of SCs Population by States - 2011

Distribution of STs Population by States - 2011

Proportion of SCs -Highest & Lowest States - 2011


Punjab 31.9% Daman & Diu 2.5%

Himachal Pradesh 25.2% Dadra & Nagar Haveli 1.8%

West Bengal 23.5% Goa 1.7%

Uttar Pradesh 20.7% Meghalaya 0.6%

Haryana 20.2% Mizoram 0.1%

Proportion of STs -Largest and Smallest States - 2011


Lakshadweep 94.8% Uttarakhand 2.9%

Mizoram 94.4% Kerala 1.5%

Nagaland 86.5% Bihar 1.3%

Meghalaya 86.1% Tamil Nadu 1.1%

Arunachal Pradesh 68.8% Uttar Pradesh 0.6%

SELECTED ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Definition of Work(Economic Activity)- 2011

1. Work is defined as participation in any

economically productive activity with or

without compensation, wages or profit.

2. Participation may be physical and/or

mental in nature.

3. Work involves not only actual work but

also includes effective supervision and

direction of work.

Definition of Work(Economic Activity)- 2011

4. It even includes part time help or

unpaid work on farm, family

enterprises or in any other economic

activity.

5. The important point to note is that

the. activity should be economically

productive Worker: A person who has participated in

any economically productive activity at

any time during the reference period

(one year preceding the date of

enumeration).

Number of Workers by ResidenceIndia : 2011

Residence Total Population

Number of Workers

Work Participati

on Rate*

Total1,210,569,

573 481743311 39.8%

Rural 833,463,448

348597535 41.8%

Urban 377,106,125

133145776 35.3%

* - Work Participation Rate is defined as the number of workers per 100 population

Work Participation RateIndia : 2001, 2011

Residence


Total Persons 39.1 39.8 +0.7

Males 51.7 53.3 +1.6

Females 25.6 25.5 -0.1

(In %)

Residence


Rural Persons 41.7 41.8 +0.1

Males 52.1 53.0 +0.9

Females 30.8 30.0 -0.8

Urban Persons 32.3 35.3 +3.0

Males 50.6 53.8 +3.2

Females 11.9 15.4 +3.5

Work Participation Rate – India By Residence: 2001, 2011

(In %)

Range (Work Participation Rate) (in %)

2001 2011 Change

Persons

Up to 10.0 0 0 0

10.1 - 20.0 0 0 0

20.1 - 30.0 1 1 0

30.1 - 40.0 17 16 -1

40.1 - 50.0 15 16 +1

50.1 - 60.0 2 2 0

Above 60.0 0 0 0

Total 35 35

Distribution of States by Work Participation Rate : 2001, 2011


2001 2011 Change

Males

Up to 10.0 0 0 0

10.1 - 20.0 0 0 0

20.1 - 30.0 0 0 0

30.1 - 40.0 0 0 0

40.1 - 50.0 11 8 -3

50.1 - 60.0 22 24 +2

Above 60.0 2 3 +1

Total 35 35



2001 2011 Change

Females

Up to 10.0 2 0 -2

10.1 - 20.0 9 13 +4

20.1 - 30.0 9 8 -1

30.1 - 40.0 13 12 -1

40.1 - 50.0 2 2 0

50.1 - 60.0 0 0 0

Above 60.0 0 0 0

Total 35 35


Type of Workers- 2011

• Main worker: Person who had ‘worked’ for 6 months or more during the reference period

• Marginal worker: Person who had ‘worked’ for less than 6 months

• Non-worker: Person who did not ‘work’ at all during the reference period (code 4). They will include students, persons engaged in household duties, dependents, pensioners, beggars, etc.

Distribution of Workers by Type – India - 2011

Persons Males Females

Change in Type of Workers – India : 2001, 2011

Residence Sex 2001 2011 Change

Main Workers Persons

77.8 75.2 -2.6

Males 87.3 82.3 -5.0

Females

57.3 59.6 2.3

Marginal Workers

Persons

22.2 24.8 2.6

Males 12.7 17.7 5.0

Females

42.4 40.4 -2.3

(in %)

Variation in Proportion of Total Workers - States: 2001,2011

Total Workers

• The Proportion of Total Workers in the country has recorded a marginal increase from 39.1% in 2001 to 39.8% in 2011

• Majority of the States/ UTs have shown increase in the proportion of total workers between 2001-2011,

• However, in 9 States/UTs, this proportion has actually declined during the decade (Mizoram (-8.2 percentage points), D & N Haveli, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Meghalaya, Punjab, Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Bihar (-0.3 pp).

Variation in Proportion of Workers - States: 2001,2011

State 2001 2011 Change

1. Mizoram 52.6

44.4

-8.2

2. D & N Haveli # 51.8

45.7

-6.0

3. Haryana 39.6

35.2

-4.4

4. Jammu & Kashmir 37.0

34.5

-2.5

5. Meghalaya 41.8

40.0

-1.9

6. Punjab 37.5

35.7

-1.8

7. Arunachal Pradesh

44.0

42.5

-1.5

8. Gujarat 41.9

41.0

-1.0

9. Bihar 33.7

33.4

-0.3

(in %)Total Workers

Variation in Proportion of Main Workers - States: 2001,2011

Main Workers• The proportion of Main Workers in the

country has declined by 2.6 percentage points between 2001 & 2011

• In 23 States/ UTs this proportion has declined, the prominent among them are: Lakshadweep (by 18.7 percentage point), Bihar (by 13.7 pp) and Jharkhand (by 11.7 pp)

• Decline in proportion of main workers in such a large number of States needs further exploration.

Variation in Proportion of Main Workers - States: 2001,2011

Marginal Workers• The Proportion of Marginal Workers in the

country has increased by 2.6 percentage points from 22.2% to 24.8% between 2001 & 2011

• Majority of the States/UTs have shown increase in the proportion of Marginal Workers during the last decade

• In 10 States/ UTs this proportion has declined, including Mizoram (by 7.7 pp), Haryana, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka pointing to reversal of trend.

Category of Workers- India: 2011

Total Workers (Main + Marginal)

• Cultivators 1,187 lakh (24.6%)

• Agricultural Labourers 1,443 lakh (30.0%)

• Household Industries Workers 183 lakh ( 3.8%)

• Other Workers 2,004 lakh (41.6%)

CultivatorsNumber and Proportions - India: 2011

Residence

Sex Main Worker

Marginal

Worker

Total Worker

Number of Cultivators (in lakh)

All Areas Persons 958 229 1187

Males 730 97 827

Females 228 132 360

Proportion of Cultivators among Workers (in %)

All Areas Persons 26.4 19.2 24.6

Males 26.7 16.5 24.9

Females 25.6 21.7 24.0

Agricultural LabourersNumber and Proportions - India: 2011

Residence

Sex Main Worker

Marginal

Worker

Total Worker

Number of Agricultural Labourers (in lakh)


Males 553 275 827

Females 309 307 616

Proportion of Agricultural Labourers among Workers (in %)All Areas Persons 23.8 48.8 30.0

Males 20.2 46.8 24.9

Females 34.6 50.6 41.1

Workers in Household IndustriesNumber and Proportions - India: 2011

Residence

Sex Main Worker

Marginal

Worker

Total Worker

Number of HHI Workers (in lakh)


Males 75 22 98

Females 48 38 86

Proportion of HHI Workers among total workers (in %)All Areas Persons 3.4 5.0 3.8

Males 2.8 3.8 2.9

Females 5.4 6.2 5.7

Other WorkersNumber and Proportions - India: 2011

Residence

Sex Main Worker

Marginal

Worker

Total Worker

Number of Other Workers (in lakh)


Males 1373 193 1566

Females 308 130 437

Proportion of Other Workers among total workers (in %)All Areas Persons 46.4 27.1 41.6

Males 50.3 32.9 47.2

Females 34.5 21.4 29.2

Category of Workers Change in Proportions - India: 2001 &2011

Residence

Category 2001 2011 Change

Workers (Main + Marginal)

All Areas

Total Workers 100.0 100.0

Cultivators 31.7 24.6 - 7.1

Ag. Labourers 26.5 30.0 +3.4.

HHI Workers 4.2 3.8 -0.4

Other Workers

37.6 41.6 +4.0

(in %)


Residence



Rural Total Workers 100.0 100.0

Cultivators 40.2 33.0 -7.2

Ag. Labourers 33.0 39.3 +6.3


Other Workers

22.8 24.3 +1.5

(in %)


Residence



Urban Total Workers 100.0 100.0

Cultivators 2.8 2.8 0.0

Ag. Labourers 4.7 5.5 +0.8


Other Workers

87.3 86.9 -0.4

(in %)

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